Otherwise I might laugh at the idea that a compressed recording of a singingbowl could even begin to compare to the sonic vibrations that are meant to guide my focus away from the busy-ness of everyday approximations of reality and back toward the precise experience of the present.
Prior to Maines' 2003 comments, the group's previous two CDs had sold at least 10 million copies each, and they were singing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl.